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Day 1 of Lollapalooza 2011 is in the books, as the first of 130 bands played on eight stages Friday in Grant Park. Attendance was maxed out – with 90,000 people expected each of three days at the festival. Here’s how Friday went down, with reporting from yours truly (GK) and Bob Gendron (BG): 10:23 a.m.: Lollapalooza celebrates itself backstage with a 20th anniversary cake and lots of glad-handing. Perry Farrell says when he started the festival in 1991 he expected “10,000 to 20,000 weirdos” to show up. Now “we have 90,000 weirdos showing up here in Chicago.” Not really, though. What was once a festival about outsiders has long since shifted identity....

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